Tuesday, October 30, 2007

in the bank

A couple days ago...Me in the bank to exchange dollars. I had 600USD. I hand the money to the teller, she takes my bills and gives mecolones and a receipt. The receipt says, I gave her 500 USD. I ask herto count again, since I am 100% sure that I gave her $600. She countsthe dollar bills in front of me, with a weird look on her face andsmiles with a "este $ 500, don't you know to count!". Opps, my fault!I always lose stuff, nothing new...so feeling guilty that I misplacedmy money, or possibly dropped it in between two seconds, I removed itfrom my wallet to place into my passport...Banks never make mistakes!woowooo!

I had to step away from the teller, frustrated with myself, notknowing what to do...i need to complain but i cant do it a lone, idont speak Spanish. I need to learn Spanish. I beg the Universe,please help me with this. I need to learn this language or I am goingto sink in this country. I was lucky to have a friend with me,embarrassed of the situation, I told her what happened and she told memany stories where banks did similar things to her. A little relieved,we walked back to the cashier and complained...We talked to themanager and complained again...Finally they agreed to recount themoney in the cashier. That took 5 minutes and I was rightttttttttt! Wetook the $600...the girl never apologized...not even a I am sorrysmile. I wanted to punch her in the eye so bad...i couldn't of coursebut the whole feeling of been taken advantage of sucks...so lessonlearned, double count money, in front of the teller; watch them countthe money without blinking the eye; go to the bank with a frienduntil fluent in Spanish!